Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens

8005 Winkle Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 · Santa Cruz County

School-age child care center

Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens is a licensed child care center in Santa Cruz, CA, licensed for up to 80 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1995. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

Inspection record

No citationssince Feb 8, 2021. Tied for the best record with the 34% of 10,948 ranked California centers that have no citations. No citations

Tied for #1 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

2Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 3 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected Nov 19, 2025

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity80 children

License typeSchool-age child care center

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceOct 9, 1995

LicenseeCampus Kids Connection INC.

AdministratorReshmi Singh

Phone(831) 713-3186

State facility #440702020

Other licenses at this address

Ckc Children's Center
Child care center (preschool) · LicensedAmong the most cited

Common questions

Does Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens take infants?

Not under this license, which covers school-age children.

Has Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How does Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens compare with other daycares in Santa Cruz?

It is tied for #1 of 34 centers in Santa Cruz by weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).

When was Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens last inspected?

Nov 19, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Cruz County, which includes Santa Cruz, was $725 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Ckc Santa Cruz Gardens?

The licensee is Campus Kids Connection INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Reshmi Singh.

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Ckc Children's Center
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.

To read the full state reports, search facility number 440702020 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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